The Girdle of Melian

appy New Year! A new book by Ryan Bevan! Tales From The Shaking Hand by Ryan Bevan, a compilation of 16 horror and suspense tales illustrations by Simla Barki Welcome to the Shaking Hand Tavern. First time here? That's fine. Oh, we get a lot of strangers stopping by for a pint or two. Most of them on their way to somewhere better from somewhere worse, some the other way round. Terrible weather, eh? But we do get a lot of thunderstorms around here. We like it that way. Especially at night. Nothing like sitting by the fire with a drink in hand while the rain is pouring outside and the thunder cracking. Sometimes it feels like the end of the world. Would you like a drink? Cold beer? I'll get you one. I hope you plan on staying for a bit. The locals are settling in by the fire and you're welcome to join them. It's getting near story hour, and there's always a good tale going around. Oh, you'll hear about all sorts of things tonight. Horrible deformitie...

appy new year! This post will be up for a couple of weeks, so it's chock-full of goodies! Let's go in reverse order from the title. First up, we have a brand new series from Kait Nolan -- we're moving from the South to Scotland! Jilting the Kilt by Kait Nolan a prequel to the Kilted Hearts series Arranged marriages are so three centuries ago. But that doesn't stop Afton Lennox from being bound by one. All her life she's been pledged to wed Connor MacKean. It's the only way to save both their families' estates, and they're friends, after all, so it won't be that bad. Right? Hamish Colquhoun has spent his entire adult life trying to find a way to liberate his best friend from a marriage he doesn't want. If it also spares the woman he's secretly loved for years, it's of no mind to him. He's already got a wife and family of his own. Freeing them both is just the right thing to do. But with the wedding just days away, time is runn...

ere is this year’s  Annual Books Read Statistics and Thoughts Post ! Here are the posts for 2021 ,  2020 ,  2019 ,  2018 ,  2017 ,  2016 ,  2015 ,  2014 ,  2013 ,  2012 ,  2011  (and the  list ),  2010 ,  2009  (and the  list ). I’m doing things differently again this year, because this post became data-heavy, and not all the items from previous years need to be repeated each time. The two main changes last year were as follows:     Most recaps of items from previous years have been deleted     The following categories have been removed:  Shortest Book, Longest Book, Fluff but Fun (comic books, etc.) , Books From the 19th Century and Earlier, and Books from 1900 to 1960 The three main changes this year are as follows:     Miss E gets her own mini-stats!     The post has photos interspersed with the text!     ...